Razorbacks post highest road score of season at Florida

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Arkansas recorded its highest road score of the season at No. 5 Florida as the Razorbacks fell to the Gators 197.725-196.875 in Gainesville.

First Rotation: Florida Vault: 49.525, Arkansas Bars: 49.375
Arkansas posted its highest score on bars in a road dual meet as the Razorbacks got to a fast start and five Razorbacks recorded scores of 9.850 or higher. Freshman Sarah Shaffer and senior Braie Speed led the Razorback and recorded 9.900’s each. Freshman Sydney Laird set a new career high with a 9.875 in the three spot. Senior Amanda Wellick and sophomore Jessica Yamzon each posted a 9.850 as the Razorbacks trailed by two tenths heading to the second rotation.

“We fought for every detail we went for,” said Wellick. “It’s not exactly the result we wanted, but we went in and went hard and we fought for every little thing.”

Second Rotation: Florida Bars: 49.525, Arkansas Vault: 49.125
Arkansas posted its second highest vault score of the season as the Razorbacks finished strong after a slow start in the second rotation, led by Speed who recorded a new career high and tallied a 9.925. Shaffer and Wellick each posted a 9.875 in the third and fourth spot to round out Arkansas’ leaders on the event.

Third Rotation: Florida Beam: 49.575, Arkansas Floor: 49.225
Shaffer posted her second score over 9.900 of the night with a 9.925 as she set a new career high on the event. Sophomore Michaela Burton tallied the Razorbacks’ second highest score with a 9.875, tying her highest score of the season on the floor. Yamzon and freshman Sophia Carter each posted 9.825’s to round out Arkansas’ best. Wellick was inserted into the lineup and had her first all-around performance of the season, tallying a 39.200.

“I was really excited to get back on the floor, it used to be my favorite event,” said Wellick. “The first time doing it this season was really exciting.”

Fourth Rotation: Arkansas Beam: 49.150, Florida Floor: 49.100
Yamzon got Arkansas off to another fast start on the beam, posting a 9.850, the first of four scores over 9.825 for the Razorbacks, leading Arkansas to its only team event title of the night. Anchor Michaela Burton posted the Razorbacks highest score with a 9.900 to give the Razorbacks a 49.150 on the event and a final score of 196.875.

Up Next 
The Razorbacks return home to Barnhill Arena for the first time in three weeks as Arkansas hosts the Arizona Wildcats. The Meet is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 5:30.

Arkansas sending seven to Columbia for last chance

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Seven Arkansas swimmers will compete at the NCAA Last Chance meet in Columbia, Missouri, this weekend, as each try to cut time in hopes of qualifying for the NCAA Championships.

Prelims will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday morning from the Mizzou Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Missouri. Finals will follow at 5 p.m.

The Razorbacks headed to Columbia are seniors Chelsea Tatlow, Jessie Garrison, Chloe Hannam, Olivia Weekley, juniors Madison Strathman and Marlena Pigliacampi, along with sophomore Ayumi Macias.

Last week in College Station, Texas, the Razorbacks finished 10th at the 2018 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships.

As a team, Arkansas combined for 28 NCAA ‘B’ cuts, along with one A-finals appearance, three B-finals appearances and six C-finals appearances.

Macias earned one B-finals appearance in the 500 free, finishing 10th overall. Garrison earned her spot in the 200 fly B-final, finishing 12th overall, while Pigliacampi qualified for the C-final, finishing 19th overall.

Strathman qualified for the C-final in the 100 breast, finishing 18th. Hannam earned two B-finals appearances, finishing 23rd overall in the 400 IM and 12th overall in the 200 back.

Live results will be available on Meet Mobile.

ORDER OF EVENTS
Saturday, Feb. 24
10 a.m. – Prelims
200 free relay
10 minute break
500 free
100 fly
100 back
5 minute break
100 breast
100 free
400 IM
10 minute break
400 medley relay

5 p.m. – Finals
200 free relay
10 minute break
500 free
100 fly
100 back
5 minute break
100 breast
100 free
400 IM
10 minute break
400 medley relay

Sunday, Feb. 25
10 a.m. – Prelims
200 medley relay
10 minute break
50 free
200 fly
5 minute break
200 back
200 free
200 breast
200 IM
10 minute break
400 free relay

5 p.m. – Finals
200 medley relay
10 minute break
1650 free
50 free
200 fly
5 minute break
200 back
200 free
200 breast
200 IM
10 minute break
400 free relay

Neighbors’ first regular season ends Sunday at Vanderbilt

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas travels to Vanderbilt for the final regular season Southeastern Conference contest on Sunday.

Scouting Arkansas

The game between Arkansas (12-16, 3-12 SEC) and Vanderbilt (6-23, 2-13 SEC) is scheduled for a 2 p.m. tip and airs online on the SECN+.

Records have fallen under the direction of head coach Mike Neighbors this season. Arkansas likes to shoot the 3-pointer and, as a result, ranks among the SEC and NCAA leaders from distance.

The Razorbacks enter the game with 210 made 3-point field goals, ranking first for single-season makes in program history.

This year’s team also holds the record with 724 3-point field goal attempts, 66 more attempts than the second-best mark in four fewer games.

Graduate student Devin Cosper leads Arkansas from distance with 59 makes and is second on the team averaging 14.2 ppg in her final season.

Junior Malica Monk remains out in front averaging 15.9 ppg and sophomore Jailyn Mason checks in with 10.9 ppg this season.

Scouting Vanderbilt

The Commodores faced the sixth toughest schedule in the country this year and their record reflects that with just six wins and two victories in conference play.

They have three players averaging double figures paced by Chelsie Hall at 12.6 ppg. Rachel Bell averages 10.7 ppg and Christa Reed averages 10.6 ppg this season.

Arkansas is 3-2 against the Commodores in recent games and was one possession shy of a fourth win last year.

The Razorbacks erased a 12-point Vanderbilt lead to challenge for the win in the final quarter but dropped the game, 66-64, in Nashville.

If the season ended today, the Razorbacks and Commodores would meet in game one of the SEC Tournament.

That could change after all of Sunday’s contests are completed.

Up Next

The Razorbacks are currently the 12th seed heading into the final game at Vanderbilt.

The final day’s games will determine the final seed for the SEC Tournament and Arkansas has a shot at that spot. Round one begins on Wednesday with two games beginning at 11 a.m.

Top-ranked Razorbacks shooting for 12th straight title

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — It’s a new season for No. 1 Arkansas, but the mission remains the same — win the conference championship.

Lance Harter’s squad will pursue its 12th consecutive Southeastern Conference victory this weekend, taking on the 2018 SEC Indoor Championships in College Station on Feb. 24-25.

The event will be televised live on the SEC network for the first time beginning at 5 p.m. CT on Sunday, Feb. 25. Fans will be able to live stream Saturday’s action on the SEC Network plus beginning at 2:55 p.m. The broadcast talent includes Dwight Stones, Larry Rawson, Jill Montgomery and John Anderson.

Nationally Ranked SEC Teams

The SEC almost accounts for half of the USTFCCCA NCAA National Rankings top-25 list with 10 teams occupying spots in the most recent edition of the poll

The Razorbacks lead the way at No. 1 but are closely trailed by No. 3 Kentucky and No. 4 Georgia. Elsewhere inside the top-10, LSU, Texas A&M and Florida rank at 6-7-8, respectively.

Regional rival Missouri is at No. 12 trailed by No. 14 Tennessee and No. 17 Alabama, while Mississippi State rounds out the group at 24.

SEC Streak

A perpetually formidable team at the conference and national levels, Arkansas took hold of the league at the 2014 SEC Outdoor Championships and has yet to loosen its grip.

Harter’s 2017 cross country team began another charge for an SEC Triple Crown this past fall in College Station and his track and field team looks to keep it going.

A victory this weekend would put the Hogs on the path for their fourth-consecutive SEC Triple Crown.

  • 2016 SEC Indoor Results: Arkansas (110), LSU (67) | Margin of Victory: 43
  • 2017 SEC Indoor Results: Arkansas (98), Alabama (93) | Margin of Victory: 12.5

All-SEC Returners
Back from the 2017 conference roster are pentathlon runner-up Taliyah Brooks, pole vault champion Tori (Weeks) Hoggard, pole vault runner-up Lexi (Weeks) Jacobus and 5K champion and 3K runner-up Taylor Werner.

Arkansas will kick off the meet tomorrow at 11:15 a.m. with Brooks on a mission for gold this year in the pentathlon.

Events To Watch (Saturday):

• 11:15 a.m. / 4:30 p.m. | Heptathlon/Long Jump
Featured Razorback: Taliyah Brooks (PR: 4,580 points / 6.57m/21-6 3/4)

• 3 p.m. | Pole Vault
Featured Razorback: Lexi Jacobus (PR: 4.64m/15-2 3/4)

• 3:10 p.m. / 6:15 p.m. | 60 Meter Hurdles/200 Meters Prelims
Featured Razorback: Payton Chadwick (PR: 8.09/22.99)

• 3:35 p.m. | 60 Meters Prelims
Featured Razorback: Jada Baylark (PR: 7.22)

• 3:35 p.m. | Mile Prelims
Featured Razorback: Nikki Hiltz (PR: 4:33.44)

• 7:10 p.m. | 3,000 Meters
Featured Razorback: Taylor Werner (PR: 9:06.34)

Hogs look to get back on track on road at Alabama

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FAYETTEVILLE — Entering the final stretch of the regular season, Arkansas travels to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Saturday in search of four straight wins against the Crimson Tide.

The Rundown
Opponent: Alabama Crimson Tide (17-11, 8-7 SEC)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 25
Site: Coleman Coliseum (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Tip-off: 5:00 p.m. CT
TV: SEC Network | WatchESPN
Live Stats: Click Here
Sirius/XM Radio: 137/190

The #Fastest40 Facts

• The Razorbacks are searching for back-to-back road conference wins for the eighth time in the last five years.

• For the first time in 10 years, Arkansas is 3-0 in its last three games against ranked teams, including last Saturday’s 19-point win against No. 21 Texas A&M.

• Daniel Gafford earned his third SEC Freshman of the Week honor on Monday. He joins NBA players Bobby Portis and Patrick Beverley as the only Razorbacks to ever earn the honor three times.

• During the last five years, the Razorbacks have posted a 33-15 (.687) regular season record in the months of February and March.

• Arkansas has won 36 consecutive games in which it has led at halftime. During Mike Anderson era, the Razorbacks are 121-7 when leading at the intermission.

• Jaylen Barford and Daryl Macon are the only two players in the SEC to rank in the top 10 in points per game, three-point FG percentage and FG percentage.

• Daryl Macon has nine 20-point performances in the last 10 games. His streak of seven straight put him alongside Corliss Williamson as the only players to do so since the Razorbacks joined the SEC.

• Arkansas is 6-0 this season when Daryl Macon and Jaylen Barford both score 20+ points in the same game, including 5-0 in SEC play. The Razorbacks are 8-1 the duo combines for 40 points.

A Win Would…

• Give the Razorbacks back-to-back wins in Tuscaloosa for the first time in 21 years.

• Be Arkansas’ 2nd four-game winning streak (06-08) against Alabama in the all-time series that dates back to 1948.

• Be the Razorbacks’ ninth SEC road victory during the last two seasons.

• Give Arkansas 20+ wins in four of the last six years.

First postseason test coming up for third-ranked Razorbacks

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — No. 3 Arkansas will be in the hunt for its 23rd Southeastern Conference Indoor title this weekend in College Station, competing at the 2018 SEC Indoor Championships, Feb. 24-25, at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium.

The event will be televised live on the SEC network for the first time beginning at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25. Fans will be able to live stream Saturday’s action on the SEC Network plus beginning at 2:55 p.m. The broadcast talent includes Dwight Stones, Larry Rawson, Jill Montgomery and John Anderson.

Nationally Ranked SEC Teams

In the most recent USTFCCCA NCAA National Rankings, eight SEC programs were among the top-25 best teams in the country led by No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Arkansas and No. 5 Georgia.

Just out of the top-five, Texas A&M checked in at No. 7, Alabama at No. 8 and Kentucky at No. 11. South Carolina and Auburn rounded out the list ranked 23rd and 25th, respectively.

Indoor Streak

Arkansas looks to extend it’s indoor conference dominance to three championships in-a-row, having won the 2016 crown at home in Fayetteville, Arkansas and last year’s crown on the road in Nashville.

• 2016 SEC Indoor Results: Arkansas (109), Texas A&M (85.83) | Margin of Victory: 23.17

• 2017 SEC Indoor Results: Arkansas (98), Alabama (93) | Margin of Victory: 5

All-SEC Returners

The Razorbacks return three individual All-SEC performers from the 2017 squad including Jack Bruce (3,000), Kenzo Cotton (60) and Obi Igbokwe (400).

Bruce won gold at 3,000 meters last year, collecting 10 points for Arkansas on the first day of competition.

He then went on to anchor Arkansas’ distance medley relay team to a silver medal to close out the meet.

Events To Watch (Saturday):

• 3:20 p.m. / 5:50 p.m. | 60/200 Meters Prelims
Featured Razorback: Kenzo Cotton (PR: 6.56/20.65)

• 4:20 p.m. | 400 Meters Prelims 
Featured Razorback: Obi Igbokwe (PR: 45.38)

• 4:30 p.m. | Long Jump 
Featured Razorback: Laquan Nairn (PR: 7.87m/25-10)

• 4:30 p.m. | High Jump 
Featured Razorback: Jah-Nhai Perinchief (PR: 2.22m/7-3 1/4)

• 6:45 p.m. | 3,000 Meters
Featured Razorback: Cameron Griffith (PR: 7:49.78)

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Aggies thump Hogs in final home game of season

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas dropped its final home game of the season, 104-60, to No. 17 Texas A&M in Bud Walton Arena on Thursday.

The Razorbacks’ (12-16, 3-12 SEC) opening minutes forecasted a good game with the teams matching each other in pace and score.

But the Aggies (21-8, 10-5 SEC) sprinted out of the media timeout with an 8-0 run that Arkansas struggled to overcome for the rest of the contest.

The Razorbacks had three players in double figures paced by a 15-point effort from sophomore Jailyn Mason. Junior Malica Monk added 13 points and graduate student Devin Cosper dropped in 10 points in her final home game.

The Aggies had a significant height advantage and it show in a couple of key statistical areas as Arkansas was outrebounded 48-28 and gave up 44 points in the paint.

Notes

• Jailyn Mason scored 13 points in the first half. She finished with 15 points and has scored in double figures in 18 games this season and 28 games in her career.

• Texas A&M’s 55 first half points is the most given up in the opening frame this season.

• Malica Monk finished with 13 points, her 26th game of the year in double figures.

• Devin Cosper picked up her 18th game in double figures this season finishing with 10 points.

Up Next

The Razorbacks travel to Vanderbilt for the final game of the regular season on Sunday at 2 p.m. The game is available online on the SECN+.

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